Driving means for guy anchors



April 28, 1931. T. B. BASH 3,

DRIVING MEANS FOR-GUY ANCHORS Filed July 27, 1 928 INVENTOR 7710M/75 5.5/75/ 1 ATTORNEY$ Patented Apr. 28,1931

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE THOMAS B. BASH, or KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI,ASSIGNoR r0 JAMES R. xEAIuvEYcon- PORATION, on ST. Louis, MISSOURI, ACORPORATION on MISSOURI DRIVING MEANS son GUY Auctions Application filedJuly 27,

angle to the vertical, and this practice involves a difliculty when theanchor is nearing its final position, in that the turnlng of the drivingwrench is interfered with by the surface of the earth. An object of myin-' vention is to obviate this'difliculty, and to provide a drivingtool or wrench which w1l1 enable the driving or setting of an anchorwith greater ease, and in less time, than has heretofore beenaccomplished.

A further object is to provide an improved instrument or tool whichconforms to, and is adapted for use with certain an-' chors of theprevailing types: 7

Other objects and advantages will appear from the following detaileddescription of parts and the accompanying drawings, in

which Fig. 1 is a partial, sectional elevation," showing an anchor ofthe auger type, with which a preferred embodiment of this in- I p 1 beapparent from the preceding. description vention is illustrated; Fig. 2is a section along the line 22 in Fig.1; Fig. 3 is a section along theline 33 of Fig.1 and includes a plan of the wrench body, suitablypositioned for turning the wrench.

Referring by numerals to the drawings, the screw anchor 4L, ofprevailing form, has a recess 5 adapted to receive and serve as a seatfor one end of a wrench tube 6. The recess in the anchor, is polygonalin cross Section, and preferably square, as shown. The recess 5 and thewrench tube 6 are so proportioned that the wrench member may be readilyinserted into the recess, but cannot turn, without imparting itsmovement to the anchor body. Centrally located in the anchor body,preferably justbelow and opening into the recess 5, is a. tapped opening7, to receive a threaded portion ofthe anchor rod 8, which is adapted toextend through the wrench tube. he upper end of the anchor rod isthreaded t9 lt ceive n .1928. SerialNo. 295,793.

*anchor eye 9. The anchor eye is preferably provided with a shoulder '10which. is adapted'to serve'as an abutmentfor the outer end of-thewrenchtube, and insure its remaining in the recess 5, while the anchor.is being'driven. I V

The" essential feature of the present inventi'on is a wrench body 12,provided'with in outline and of a shape and size to allow free:longitudinal movement therethrough of the wrench tube, :but whichprevents the where iti s held in detachable engagement with the tube bymeans of a set screw 14,

or the equivalent. At *each end of thewrench body, and preferablyperpendicular to its-longitudinal axis, are the apertures 15, whichreceive the handles 16, and are of a sizeto permit free movement of thehandles therein. Cotter keys 17 or their equivalents, are provided atthe ends of the handles and prevent the casual or accidentalremoval ofthe handles from their aperturesa The assembly and use of the wrenchwill of its parts, but nay briefly be described ias followszrAfter theanchor rod 8 hasbeen -screwed into the tapped opening? in the anchorbody, the wrench tube, with ,the wrench body attached, is positionedoverthe I anchorrod and one end-seated in the recess 5-. The I eye .9 isthen threaded ontothe 'an' 'opening'such as the hole 13, polygonal IThewrench body may be moved toa height turning of the wrench bodywithoutcorrepp nd 'ofj'the anchor rod, and'the I anchor is ready to bedriven into the ground byturning the handles 16 about the axis of theanchor body. It may be noted that; in setting the anchor,.the torqueincident to turning the wrench, is transmitted to the anchor, solelythroughthe tube; the purpose of the present use of the anchor rod in theparticular example shown, being to,

preclude the casual slipping of the tubular member out of the recess orseat in the anchor body, and to occupy the tapped hole 7, so that itwill not be filled with earth during the setti g 9, d g peration. m

r If the particular installation, as usual, requires that the anchor bedriven out of plumb With the horizontal, the handles may be used intheir outermost positions until the earth surface interferes With theirturning. The obstructed handle-is then moved across .the Wrench bodyvsufliciently to .clear the earths surface.

When the anchor reaches its final posi- "tion, the anchor eye isunsc'rewech the tube and wrench'body removed, and the eye replaced,after which the anchor may be.

put into service. 7

By my provlsion of a Wrencl1.vvh1cl 1- 1 s socketed to receive theWrench tube, and I i equipped with the movable handles described, I amenabled: to dispense with the use of the ordinary wrenches, which arenot suited for this class of Work, and I eliminate, entirely,the.labor,delay and inconvenience Which are incident to the removal of theWrench,,each timevthe tube has :completed only a part of agrevolution.

It will be understood that the described example constitutes onlyasingle, practical embodiment of ;the present invention, and "thatobvious changes may be made; .for 'instance, inithe sectional shape ofthe tubular p-member, in the shape of the 'Wrench body and ihandles,:inthe manner of securing toigetherthe component parts of the assembly,

land :in;othergdetails of construction, without (departing from thescope of the invention as defined by the appended claim.

Iclaim as my invention: r c *Inxa Wrench for driving ascrevv type groundanchor having an anchor rodand an .eye, a Wrench assembly comprising awrench :tube of polygonal section adapted to be inserted in the anchor'in driving relation -.thereWith, a wrench body having a polygonalopening therethrough for "reception. of

' :the Wrench :tube, .said body being. adjustable along said tube andheld in adjusted posi- --slida'ble handlezin each of said circularopenings and :handleretaining means locatedat :tionzby a .set screvv,said body having-apair vof parallel circular openingsutherethroughIribI'ELIlSVGI'SGlIO the said tube-openlng and arranged one on eachofzthe opposite sides thereofand parallel to opposite'faces of thepolygon and closely adjacent thereto, a

' the ends of said "handles.

THOMAS B. BASH.

